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BS 6340-4:1984

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Shower units Specification for shower heads and related equipment

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-01-1984

$380.41
Including GST where applicable
Summarise this standard

Foreword
Committees responsible
Specification
Section one. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Materials
4 Marking
5 Instructions
Section two. Dimensions, design and construction
6 General
7 Shower types
8 Connections
9 Plating
10 Flexible hoses
Section three. Performance characteristics
11 Flow rates
12 Spray form
13 Spray trajectories
Section four. Mechanical, hydraulic and endurance
                characteristics
14 Mechanical tests for flexible hoses
15 Mechanical tests for shower arm
16 Hydraulic tests
17 Endurance test for swivel joints
Appendices
A Information to be supplied by the purchaser
B Methods of measuring flow rates
C Method of measuring spray form
Table
1 Flow rates
Figures
1 Spray form test apparatus
2 Dimensions of pressure take-off tee
3 Annular gauge
4 Shower head/handset spray trajectories
5 Angular adjustment of wetting area
6 Mechanical tests on flexible hoses
7 Mechanical test on shower arms

Materials, dimensions, testing of domestic shower heads and related equipment used in conjunction with shower controls complying with the requirements of BS 1415-1, BS 1010-2 and BS 5412/3.

Committee
B/503
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 83/12310 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, December 2012. (11/2012)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
18
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

This Part of BS 6340 specifies the requirements for the materials, dimensions and functional testing of domestic shower heads and related equipment to be used in conjunction with shower controls complying with the requirements of BS 1415-1, BS 1010-2, BS 5412 and BS 5413.

Details of the information to be supplied by the purchaser are given in Appendix A.

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this Part of BS 6340 are listed on the inside of the back cover.

Standards Relationship
UNE-EN ISO 11607-2:2020 Identical

$380.41
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